How we can prove additive group of rational numbers (Q,+)is not cyclic, but every finitely generated subgroup of (Q,+)is cyclic.

This question obviously belongs in Linear and Abstract Algebra and not here.

Assume Q = <a/b> and check the prime factorization of b. Now show that
any multiple m*(a/b) of a/b cannot have different primes in the denominator from the ones that appear in the decomposition of b and thus...

About every fin. gen. sbgp.: check first for a 2-generator group (pretty easy) and then generalize by induction

Tonio

There is another nice property about this group - every (non-trivial) image is infinite, but every element of it has finite order. Can you prove this?

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